/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * AGMultiDefinition.java created on 18-aug-2006 at 10:13:58
 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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package edu.vub.at.objects.natives.grammar;

import edu.vub.at.eval.PartialBinder;
import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATContext;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATExpression;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATMultiDefinition;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;

/**
 * @author tvc
 *
 * The native implementation of a multiple definition AG element.
 */
public class AGMultiDefinition extends NATAbstractGrammar implements ATMultiDefinition {

	private final ATTable parameters_;
	private final ATExpression valueExp_;
	
	private final PartialBinder binderPartialFunction_;
	
	public AGMultiDefinition(ATTable par, ATExpression val) throws InterpreterException {
		parameters_ = par;
		valueExp_ = val;
		binderPartialFunction_ = PartialBinder.calculateResidual("multi-definition", par);
	}

	public ATTable base_parameters() { return parameters_; }
	
	public ATExpression base_valueExpression() { return valueExp_; }
	
	/**
	 * To evaluate a multiple definition, evaluate the right hand side to a table
	 * and bind the parameters on the left hand side to the 'arguments' of the right hand side,
	 * exactly as if they were bound during a function call.
	 * 
	 * AGMULTIDEF(par,val).eval(ctx) = bind(ctx.scope, par, val.eval(ctx))
	 * 
	 * @return the evaluated arguments table
	 */
	public ATObject meta_eval(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		ATTable args = valueExp_.meta_eval(ctx).asTable();
		PartialBinder.defineParamsForArgs(binderPartialFunction_, ctx, args);
		return args;
	}

	/**
	 * AGMULTIDEF(par,val).quote(ctx) = AGMULTIDEF(par.quote(ctx), val.quote(ctx))
	 */
	public ATObject meta_quote(ATContext ctx) throws InterpreterException {
		return new AGMultiDefinition(parameters_.meta_quote(ctx).asTable(), valueExp_.meta_quote(ctx).asExpression());
	}
	
	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
		return NATText.atValue("def " + parameters_.meta_print().javaValue + " := " + valueExp_.meta_print().javaValue);
	}

}